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<p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) keeps a central database of contracts it issues.
All contracts issued since 2015 that permit subcontracting have contained such provisions.</p><p>The
Government Legal Department (GLD), Attorney General’s Office (AGO), HM Crown Prosecution
Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) do not centrally
hold this data. To calculate or estimate this would involve a manual check of contracts
held and this would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>For future exercises with an
anticipated contract value above £5 million per annum, the CPS will apply the requirements
of Procurement Policy Note 04/18 (published 29 November 2018). This requires departments
to include ‘prompt payment’ questions in the selection of future suppliers.</p>
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